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Psalms 69:33

For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners.

KJV

For Jehovah heareth the needy, And despiseth not his prisoners.

ASV

רָא֣וּ עֲנָוִ֣ים יִשְׂמָ֑חוּ דֹּרְשֵׁ֥י אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים וִ/יחִ֥י לְבַבְ/כֶֽם

Hebrew

For Jehovah hearkeneth unto the needy, And His bound ones He hath not despised.

YLT

For the LORD hears the needy, and doesn’t despise his captive people.

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוּ
hv
verb · 165×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
יִשְׂמְחוּ
yshmchv
verb · 153×
יַּ֣רְא
yr'
verb · 1312×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
עֲנָוִ֣ים
'nvym
adjective · 26×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1John 5:14 — And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:
  • Acts 5:18 — And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
  • Acts 12:4 — And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
  • Eph 3:1 — For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
  • Isa 49:9 — That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.
  • Isa 66:2 — For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
  • Jer 20:13 — Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
  • Lam 3:34 — To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
  • Luke 4:18 — The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sig
  • Ps 10:17 — LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:
  • Ps 12:5 — For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him.
  • Ps 28:6 — Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
  • Ps 34:6 — This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
  • Ps 40:17 — But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God.
  • Ps 68:6 — God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
  • Ps 68:6 — God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
  • Ps 72:12 — For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
  • Ps 79:11 — Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die;
  • Ps 102:17 — He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.
  • Ps 102:20 — To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death;
  • Ps 107:10 — Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
  • Ps 116:1 — I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.
  • Ps 146:7 — Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
  • Rev 2:10 — Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and
  • Zech 9:11 — As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
  • Zech 9:11 — As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.